General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 10a -1.1 °C (30 °F) to +1.7 °C (35 °F)
Plant Height: 12 to 16 inches
Plant Spread: 18 to 24 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Other: Double light pink outer petals with deeper pink center.
Bloom Size: 2"-3"
Flower Time: Spring
Late spring or early summer
Summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Groundcover
Cut Flower
Will Naturalize
Suitable as Annual
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Butterflies
Hummingbirds
Resistances: Deer Resistant
Rabbit Resistant
Humidity tolerant
Drought tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Needs specific temperature: 60ºF-80ºF
Days to germinate: 7 to 21
Sow in situ
Start indoors
Can handle transplanting
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Division
Containers: Suitable in 3 gallon or larger
Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil

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Trade name information:
Series: 3D™
Trade Name: Pink
Cultivar name: 'KLEOE10180'
Common names
  • African Daisy
Also sold as:
  • Osteospermum ecklonis '3D Pink'

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Date: 2012-04-14
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2019-04-24
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-04-04
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Date: 2012-04-14
At Cactus and Tropicals
Location: CSU Fort Collins CO Plant Trial GArdens
Date: 2012-09-18
looked more lavender than pink
Location: At the San Francisco Flower & Landscape Show
Date: 2012-03-21
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-04-03
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-04-04

Date: 2012-04-14
Location: In Zuzu's garden
Date: 2012-04-04

Date: 2012-04-14

Date: 2012-10-05

Date: 2011-10-21
photo courtesy of National Garden Bureau Inc.
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2014-04-18
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